Clinton 2008 now debt-free

More than four years after Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic nomination for president, Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign is finally debt-free, new reports filed by the campaign show.

Clinton’s campaign committee paid off about $25 million in debt and now has a surplus of $204,832. The campaign retired its debt just as Clinton is preparing to step down from her job as secretary of state. Clinton supporters are pushing her to run for the presidency again in 2016.

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The campaign raised more than $233,000 in the last three months of 2012. Of that, more than $62,000 came from renting out the campaign’s list to Obama for America.

Former President Bill Clinton, known for his fundraising abilities, has been helping the campaign raise money on behalf of his wife.

In an email to supporters in November, Bill Clinton offered a chance to spend a day with him if donors chipped in to his wife’s campaign.

“There is nothing I enjoy more than good conversation with good people, which is why I’ve enjoyed it so much whenever we’ve brought one of Hillary’s strongest supporters to New York to spend the day with me — and I’m happy to tell you that I’ve asked to do it again,” the email said.